Saturday evening, I was at Five Below with my daughter, shopping for a Christmas gift for a gift exchange (we got a lava lamp, in case you’re wondering) and came upon this little gem. I was amazed. I’d never seen any kind of evolution “toy” before other than the great stuff from Charlie’s Playhouse, but …
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One of these things is not like the others
One of these things is not like the other… I added Ray Comfort’s edition of Darwin’s book to my collection yesterday. The font of his edition is intolerably small… except for his vacuous introduction, which is in a normal, easy to read font size. I’m pretty sure I have a copy that was from the …
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Some quick notes from Borders
I’m hanging out at Borders this morning while waiting to pick up my daughter after a class she’s taking. I grabbed a copy of The Annotated Origin and Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species – A Graphic Adaptation (like a graphic novel version of OTOOS) and am sipping on some coffee while hooked up …
Evolutionary Shenanigans
Here’s another snippet about Palin’s newly-verified creationist beliefs from The Daily Beast. In her new book… …[Palin] finally comes out of the closet as a creationist—or as she puts it, “the C-word.†In doing so, however, she manages to obscure the extent of those creationist beliefs by citing her acceptance of “microevolution.†Oh, microevolution! It’s …
One reason McCain lost my vote in 2008
Here’s an excerpt from a review by Michiko Kakutani of Sarah Palin’s new book, Going Rogue. Elsewhere in this volume, she talks about creationism, saying she "didn’t believe in the theory that human beings — thinking, loving beings — originated from fish that sprouted legs and crawled out of the sea" or from "monkeys who …
Ray and Kirk find an appropriate audience
In recognition of the “Origin of Species” giveaway promoted by Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron, Atheist Cartoons has put up this little gem so I thought I’d share it. If you get a chance (and can stomach it), read the introduction (pdf) that Ray Comfort has written for the book. It’s got the standard creationist …
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Ray Comfort Loves His own Book
Ray Comfort the “ambush” evangelist and author has written his penultimate tour de force, Nothing Created Everything. Speaking of nothing, let’s talk about Ray’s sales figures compared to Richard Dawkins’. Dawkins released his book, The Greatest Show On Earth, the same day as Comfort’s. Dawkins’ book has been on Amazon’s top 100 list for 66 days …
Michelle Bachman hasn’t a clue
"No one that I know disagrees with natural selection — that you can take various breeds of dogs … breed them, you get different kinds of dogs," she said. "It’s just a fact of life. … Where there’s controversy is (at the question) ‘Where do we say that a cell became a blade of grass, …
Facebook makes for interesting discussions
A friend of mine posted a Facebook update this morning proclaiming that she is a Christian and proud of it, asking others to proclaim the same and to pray for others who join in. Here’s the text of her post [sic… but emphasis mine]. [Her name] Is a Christian and proud to say it!! Let’s …
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Preachy Comment Spam
I get email notifications when someone posts a comment on one of my posts and today, over the course of about an hour, I got 7 notifications that the same person was commenting. That’s great, I thought! Someone’s actually reading what I wrote and is taking the time to give their feedback! As it turns …